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S. T. CORBITT SIGN Fied June 2, A1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dea, Z, 1921;;

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UNITED STATES SAMUEL T. CORBITT,

O'F ENID, OKLAHOMA.

SIGN.

Application filed June 2,

To all whom z't mary concern.'

Be it knownthat I, SAMUEL T. CoRBiTT, a citizenof the United States, residing at Enid, in the county of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved sign and seeks to provide a device which will be suitable for cross country highways, city cross streets and parks, merchant or private advertising, contractors signs, railroad danger signs or the like.

The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide a sign having a negligible wind resistance and embodying a skeleton construction rendering all letters and characters of information readily visible and readable either directly or at an angle.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a sign which will be characterized by structural simplicity and yet will possess entire rigidity and durability.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation proved sign,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line 2 2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of a modified forni of the invention,

of my im- Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevation of a further modified forni of the invention,

Figure G is a vertical sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 7 is a fragmentary elevation of a still further modified form of the invention,

Figure 8 is a det-ail elevation showing a modified form of arrow,

Figure 9 is a fragmentary elevation showing a still further modification,

Figure 10 is a detail sectional view show? ing a slightmodification iii the mounting of the sign characters.

In carrying the invention into effect, I employ a post 10 and mounted upon the post is a split ring 11 provided at its extiemities with flanges 12 lying at opposite sides of the post,'bolts 13 being arranged to extend through said flanges and through 1923. Serial No. 642,939

the post for securing the ring in position. The ring ispreferably formed of a T-iron and is thus provided at its inner circuinference with a iiange 14, and extending horizontally within the ring are transverse bars 15 secured at their ends to said flange. These bars are designed to support the letters 16 of any desired sign word, as for instance, the name of a street, road or the like. Formed on or otherwiseA secured to the ring at its upper side is a spacer 21 and mounted upon said spacer is a horizontally disposed arrow 22 secured in place by rivets or other suitable fastening devices extending through the spacer and through the ring. The arrow is cut away centrally to define spaced parallel bars 23 and mounted between said bars are the letters 24 of a suitable direction indicating word such, for instance, as the word South, as illustrated. Arranged above the arrow 22 is a somewhatsiiialler arrow 25 Vpointing in a direction opposite to the former arrow. Spacers 26 are interposed between the arrows andv extending through saidispacers are rivets or other suitable fastening devices securing the arrow in position. The arrow 25, like the arrow 22, is cut away to provide spaced parallel bars 27 and mounted between said bars are the latters 28' of a suitable direction indicating word such as the word North, as illustrated.

In order that the sign may be employed at the intersection of streets, roads or the like, I further provide, as shown in Figure 2, alined arrows 29 and 30. These arrows are similar to the arrows 22 and 25 but at-the tail ends' thereof are provided with mating bowed portions 31 to embrace the upper end of the post`10 and extending through said bowed portions are bolts or` other suitable fastening devices 32 connecting the arrows with the post to extend at right angles to the arrows 22 and 25. The arrows 29 and 30 are, like the former arrows, cut away to provide spaced parallel bars 33 and mounted between said bars are the letters 34 of a proper direction indicating word upon the arrow- 29and the letters 35 of a proper direction indicating word upon the arrow 30, the words East and lest being illustrated.` Thus, the sign may be employed to indicate the points of the compass. However, if preferred, the

names of streets may be arranged upon the distance of nearby towns or cities may be arranged within the ring l1. Also, if desired, this space may be employed for advertising purposes. It will, of course, be understood that the letters or characters giving information are detachably mounted so that said letters may be easily removed and other letters substituted for giving different or new information. Preferably, each of the arrows is cutaway at the. head thereof to define an ornamental star, as illustrated, and to enhance the attractiveness of the sign I preferably use the colors red, white and blue in painting the device. rllhe top of the post l0, the ring 11, the cross bar l5, and the bodies of the arrows are preferably colored blue, the top and bottom rails and tails of the arrows are preferably colored red, with alternate red and white stripes through the tail of each arrow. The stars and the points of the arrows, as well as all letters and characters used, are preferably colored White.

In Figures 3 and Ll, I have illustrated a modilied form of the invention wherein I employ a tubular post 36. Threaded upon the upper end of the post is a segmental block 37 secured by a lock nut 38 and rising from the block in alinement with the post is a socket 39 to removably accommodate an electric lamp 40, current being supplied to the lamp by wires extending upwardly through the post. Mounted upon the block 37 is a split ring il provided at its ends with flanges l2 overlying the ends of the block and arranged within said ring in eccentric relation thereto is a somewhat smaller split ring 43 provided at its ends with flanges 44@ overlying the flanges 42. Extending through said flanges and through the block are rivets or other suitable fastening devices l5 securing the rings in position. The rings are formed of Tiron and are thus provided with confronting flanges 46, and extending between said flanges'at the end portions of the rings are tie straps et?. lleinovably mounted between the rings are appropriate sign letters or characters typilied at i8 and secured to the flanges lo of the rings above the straps l? are pairs of parallel bars il-9 mounting' sign letters or charac-l ters 50, the bars l-S) being similar to the bars l5 previously described.

In Figures 5 and G of the drawings, I have illustrated a further modification of the invention for use in connection with the modified structure of Figures 3 and 4:. In the modificationof Figures 5 and 6, I employ a post 5l like the post 36 and threaded upon the upper end of the post is a segmental block 52 secured by a loci-r nut 53. Secured to the ends of the block are inner and outer rings and 55 identical with the rings Lll and but of larger radius. These rings are provided at their ends with sul'i'erposed ianges ,5G Secured to the block by rivets 5i' angular relation to each other.

and connecting the end portions of the rings sitioned within the ring 54; extending at right angles to the plane thereof, the ring zl-l litting within the ring 54. A sign suitable for use at the intersection of streets or at the intersection of cross roads is thus produced and in mounting the block 3.7 the block is, as best brought out in Figure 6, threaded upon the upper end of the post 5l along with the block so that the lock nut 53 will serve to bind both blocks in place.

In Figure 7 of the drawings, I have illustrated a. further modification of the in v'eution wherein I employ a tubular post 62 as in the prior modification, and threaded upon the post at its upper end is a segmental bloclr 63 secured by a lock nut 64', Mounted upon the block are inner and outer split rings G5, identical with the rings Lll. and i3 previously described and secured in like manner. These rings are connected at their end portions by tie straps 66 er@ tending between the flanges 67 of the rings and inounted upon said flanges between the rings are sign characters typified at G8. At the upper side of the outermost ring is a spacer 69 mounting a broken arrow 70 held by rivets or other securing devices fastening the arrow and spacer in position. The arrow 70 is similar to the arrow 22 of the first embodiment of the invention described and is provided with spaced side bars 7l, the uppermost of which is split medially so that the end portions of the arrow extend in Mounted between the side bars of the arrow are sign characters typified at T2. Extending within the innermost of the rings are parallel bars 73 and mounted between said bars are sign characters typified at Tl. As suggested, the word Danger may be arranged upon the arrow, the words Safety First between the rings, and the word Stop between the bars 73. An effec-tive danger sign is thus provided for use at railway crossings or the like and, as will be appreciated, the broken arrow will, of itself, emphasize the word Danger. Upstanding from the block 63 are flanges 75 mounting a 'lantern 76 secured between the flanges by set bolts 77. If desired, a suitable annunciator such as an alarm'bell, may be substituted in lieu of the lantern. In any instance where the sign is to be used for indicating danger at a sharp curve in a roadway, a curved arrow, as indicated at 7S in Figure 8, may be employed in lieu of the arrow 70, the arrow 78 lll? being identical with the arrow 22 but being curved longitudinally.

In Figure 9, I have illustrated a still further modification embodying a sign for general advertising purposes. In this modification I employ a post 79 as in the first embodiment of the invention described and mounted upon the post is a. split ring 8O provided at its ends with fianges 8l seating against opposite sides of the post, bolts or other suitable fastening devices S2 being employed to extend through the post and through said flanges for securing the ring in position. rl`he ring is preferably formed of' a T-iron and is thus provided at its inner circumference with a flange 83 and extending horizontally within the ring are spa-ced parallel bars Se secured at their ends to said flange. rlhese bars are designed to mount sign characters as typified at 85. Mounted at the upper side of the ring is a spacer 86 and mounted upon said spacer is an arrow 87 secured by rivets or other suitable fastening devices extending through the spacer securing the arrow and spacer in place. The arrow 8T is identical with the arrow 22 of the embodiment of the invention first described and is provided with spaced bars 88 between which are mounted sign characters typified at S9.

All of the sign letters or characters employed are mounted in like manner. It is important that the outlines of the letters or characters be clearly defined to the. eye. I, therefore, form said letters or characters at their upper and lower ends with reduced lugs 90 provided at their extremities with hardened lateral ears to receive rivets or other suitable fastening devices mounting the letters or characters. Thus, the entire outlines of said letters or characters will be entirely visible.

In Figure lt), I have illustrated a slight modification of the invention wherein the "T-irons7 or slats, or cross bars7 as the case may be, are formed with confronting beads 91 while the sign letters or characters, as typified at 92, are provided at their upper and lower ends with reduced resilient clips 93 to firmly embrace said beads. Thus, the. sign letters or characters will normally be rigidly mounted while, at the same time, said letters or characters may be readily displace-d for changing the wording of the sign.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

l. A. sign including a block, split eccentrically disposed rings secured at their ends to the block, the rings being provided with means to receive sign characters in the space between the outer periphery of one ring and the inner periphery of the other, and a post mounting the block.

2. A sign includinga post, a block mounted thereon and provided with a notch, split ecceutrically disposed rings secured at their ends to said block and provided with means to receive sign characters in the space between the outer periphery oit one ring and the inner periphery of the other, a second block mounted upon the post and accommodated in said notch to extend at substantially a right angle to said first mentioned block, and split eccentrically disposed rings extending within the innermost of said first mentioned rings' and secured at their ends` to the latter block, said last mentioned rings being provided with means to accommodate sign characters in the space between the outer periphery of one of such rings and the inner periphery of the other.

3. A sign including a block, and split eccentrically disposed rings secured at their ends to the bloclr and provided with means to receive sign characters in the space between the outer periphery of one ring and the inner periphery of the other.

4t. A sign including a block provided with a notch, split eccentrically disposed rings secured at their ends to said block and provided with means to receive sign characters in the space between the outer periphery of one ring and the inner periphery of the other, a second block accommodated. in said notch to extend at an angle to said first mentioned block, and split eccentrically disposed rings extending within the innermost of said first mentioned rings and secured at their ends to the latter block, said last mentioned rings being provided with means to accommodate sign characters in the space between the outer' periphery of one of such rings and the inner periphery of' the other.

In testimony whereof' I affix my signature.

SAMUEL T. CORBITT. 

